Manager, Mechanical Engineering

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Senior level
Robotics
The Role
The Manager, Mechanical Engineering at Agility Robotics will lead a team of mechanical engineers to design and develop next-generation robotics. Responsibilities include mentoring staff, overseeing complex system designs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role emphasizes effective communication and data-driven decision-making to reduce project complexities and ensure high-quality designs for successful robot deployment.
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Agility Robotics is a pioneer. Our robot, Digit, is the first to be sold into workplaces across the globe. Our team is differentiated by its expertise in imagining, engineering, and delivering robots with advanced mobility, dexterity, intelligence, and efficiency -- robots specifically designed to work alongside people, in spaces built for people. Every day, we break through engineering challenges and invent new solutions and capabilities that will one day make robots commonplace and approachable. This work is our passion and our responsibility: our mission is to make businesses more productive and people’s lives more fulfilling.

About The Team:

Our mechanical engineering team is agile and has grown rapidly, and we are looking for a talented engineering leader to join us remotely in the San Francisco Bay Area, or on-site at our Salem facility. We are responsible for delivering advanced and reliable designs that meet a complex set of requirements to our customers, including software developers, applications engineers, manufacturing engineers and ultimately to fleet deployment managers. We work as a group to develop new technologies, engineer new products, and refine/maintain existing designs. The team is composed of engineers from many backgrounds and levels of experience. 

About The Role:

We are currently designing the next generation of Digit for commercial scale. Highly reliable and robust designs are critical to successful deployment of our robots in large quantities. Digit works in demanding environments, performing highly repetitive and heavily loaded tasks. The Manager, Mechanical Engineering will both manage mechanical engineers and will be a technical leader who works closely with cross functional teams to drive the successful execution of the robot design.

About The work:

  • Lead and inspire a talented team of 4 - 8 mechanical engineers to bring products from concept all the way to production.   
  • Provide coaching, mentorship and guidance, helping the team enhance their skills, improve the quality of their work, and grow professionally.
  • Work cross functionally to anticipate and remove roadblocks.
  • Be a technical leader for complex robotics systems.  
  • Develop right-sized process to help the team work more effectively and to produce high quality, reliable designs.  
  • Regularly communicate project progress, key milestones, and any challenges that arise to senior management.
  • Reduce complexity by pushing for simple and elegant designs.
  • Drive data-driven decisions and ensure the cross functional team understands the “why”.

About you:

  • Demonstrated extreme ownership, thrive in ambiguity, fast paced environment
  • 8+ years of mechanical design experience with 2+ years direct management experience
  • B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent, minimum requirement)
  • Proven experience designing and building complex systems, ideally with a background in robotics or autonomous systems
  • Demonstrated experience mechanical design, CAD and PDM
  • Skilled in conflict resolution and team development
  • Ability to be on-site at Agility’s design facility as needed (minimum 4 days per month and as needed to support design activities, reviews, prototype testing, etc.)

Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • Robotics experience and leadership in a robotics organization
  • Advanced degree in engineering or science or robotics
  • Jira/Confluence experience
  • PLM and PDM experience
  • Creo experience

                                                                           


Benefits 

  • 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
  • Equity: Company stock options.
  • Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
  • Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
  • Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Time Off:
    • Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
    • Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
  • On-Site Perks: Catered lunches twice a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
  • Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
  • Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
  • Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
  • Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.

Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.


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Top Skills

Mechanical Engineering
Robotics
The Company
HQ: Tangent, OR
83 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Agility Robotic's legged locomotion expertise is built on a history of academic research and scientific breakthrough. We're here to build robots for good. Robots that help businesses and people thrive.

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